We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020

  • National Security Alert: COVID Tests Scientifically Fraudulent, Epidemic of False Positives by David DeGraw, Torsten Engelbrecht, and Konstantin Demeter from Quantum Politics. (Note: I don't want to add to the confusion about this current pandemic, but I see media corporations only harping one alarming theme: that of the dangerous aspects of the pandemic and to convince their viewers that only a vaccine can finally offer a cure for it. The ruling capitalist class who owns these corporations (as well as the pharmaceutical corporations and most of America) don't have a credible track record having sold us in the past on so many fake propaganda themes: war on drugs, 9/11 tragedy, war on terrorism, the invasion of Iraq, etc. I don't pretend to understand all of this article, but it seems to me to offer alternative and credible views of this pandemic by including links to solid documentation.)
  • Beirut Blast Wrap-up by Bernhard (German) from his weblog Moon of Alabama. (My reaction: I can't think of a more reliable source than this one about the catastrophe that the inhabitants of Beirut have suffered on top of their suffering from economic collapse!)